French expression: Tant pis
Friday March 30, 2012
What does the idiomatic French expression tant pis mean? Click to learn all about it, and then come back here to share your thoughts.
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French grammar! Exclamations
Thursday March 29, 2012
Exclamations are words or phrases that express a desire, an order, or a strong emotion. There are several different French grammatical structures that can be used as exclamations.
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French grammar: All about paraître
Wednesday March 28, 2012
Paraître is a very common and useful French verb. It is irregular in conjugation, can be impersonal, and means "to appear" or "to seem." Check out this lesson to learn ... Read More
On French prepositions: Verbs with sur
Tuesday March 27, 2012
The French preposition sur is required after certain French verbs and phrases that are followed by an indirect object, but there is sometimes no equivalent preposition in English.
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French expression: Les chiens ne font pas des chats
Monday March 26, 2012
What does the French proverb les chiens ne font pas des chats mean? Click to learn all about it, and then come back here to share your thoughts.
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Franglais Friday: le footing
Friday March 23, 2012
Le franglais du jour: le footing.
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French expression: Ce n'est pas grave
Friday March 23, 2012
What does the French expression ce n'est pas grave mean? Click to learn all about it, and then come back here to share your thoughts.
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French grammar: Pluperfect subjunctive
Thursday March 22, 2012
The French pluperfect subjunctive is the least common literary tense - it's the literary equivalent of the past subjunctive. Like all literary tenses, the pluperfect subjunctive is used only in ... Read More
French grammar: Mnemonic être verbs
Wednesday March 21, 2012
There are certain French verbs which require être as the auxiliary verb in the passé composé, and students sometimes have a hard time remembering them. You will eventually know instinctively ... Read More
In a French Preposition: Dans
Tuesday March 20, 2012
The French preposition dans usually means "in," but also has some other English equivalents, depending on the context. Dans cannot be followed directly by a noun, but rather must be ... Read More
French expression: Jeter la pierre
Monday March 19, 2012
What does the idiomatic French expression jeter la pierre mean? Click to learn all about it, and then come back here to share your thoughts.
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French expression: Moi non plus
Friday March 16, 2012
What does the French expression moi non plus mean? Click to learn all about it, and then come back here to share your thoughts.
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French grammar: Le - neuter object pronoun
Thursday March 15, 2012
The French pronoun le can be a neuter object pronoun in certain constructions, such as Si vous êtes heureux, je le suis aussi (If you're happy, I am too). The ... Read More
French vocabulary: Expressions with venir
Wednesday March 14, 2012
The French verb venir literally means "to come" and is also used in many idiomatic expressions. Learn how to come into the world, send for, manage to, and more with ... Read More
When in French: Quand vs Lorsque
Tuesday March 13, 2012
What's the difference between the conjunctions quand and lorsque, the similar-looking expressions lorsque and lors
de, and the temporal terms lors de and pendant? That's what this lesson is all about. ... Read More
French expression: Mettre de l'eau dans son vin
Monday March 12, 2012
What does the idiomatic French expression mettre de l'eau dans son vin mean? Click to learn all about it, and then come back here to share your thoughts.
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Fête du Citron - Corso nocturne
Sunday March 11, 2012
It's fun to see the floats all lit up during the night parade.
L'escargot de la Bourgogne
Sport national en région PACA
Guignol et LafleurRhône-Alpes et Picardie
Créole Outre Mer
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Fête du Citron 2012 - Corso des fruits d'or
Friday March 9, 2012
There were only 10 floats at the 2012 Fête du citron, but they managed to feature some of France's amazing diversity. The Poitue Charente float even had a snow machine, ... Read More
French expression: On ne sait jamais
Friday March 9, 2012
What does the idiomatic French expression on ne sait jamais mean? Click to learn all about it, and then come back here to share your thoughts.
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Perfecting French verbs: Pluperfect - Past Perfect
Thursday March 8, 2012
The French past perfect (aka pluperfect) is used to indicate an action in the past that occurred before another action in the past. The latter can either be mentioned in ... Read More
French grammar: All about que
Wednesday March 7, 2012
The French word que, which contracts to qu' in front of a vowel or mute h, has numerous uses and meanings. This lesson includes links to detailed information on each ... Read More
Menton's Lemon Festival 2012
Wednesday March 7, 2012
Le Métropolitain, La Tour Eiffel
I loved this year's theme for the Menton Lemon Festival: regions of France. What better way to celebrate France in all its diversity than with monuments ... Read More
French phrases: Expressions with dans
Tuesday March 6, 2012
The French preposition dans literally means "in" and is also used in many idiomatic expressions. Learn how to say at first, towards the end, to faint, and more with this ... Read More
French expression: Tomber dans le panneau
Monday March 5, 2012
What does the idiomatic French expression tomber dans le panneau mean? Click to learn all about it, and then come back here to share your thoughts.
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Franglais Friday: le coaching
Friday March 2, 2012
Le franglais du jour: le coaching.
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French expression: Un coup de fil
Friday March 2, 2012
What does the idiomatic French expression coup de fil mean? Click to learn all about it, and then come back here to share your thoughts.
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The stars of French vocabulary: Astronomy
Thursday March 1, 2012
Learn French vocabulary related to astronomy to talk about planets, stars, and other celestial objects.
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